The Product Guy

The Product Group, sponsored by Balsamiq Studios, Ryma Technology Solutions, and Sunshine Suites, is an opportunity for Product Managers, Strategists,etc., to come together to meet, interact, and network. It’s an awesome way to meet follow Product People in a laid-back, conversational environment within which sharing and learning can flourish and complement the knowledge base for all on a peer to peer basis. We meet the first Thursday of every month at Pace.

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I am looking forward to seeing everyone, new and familiar, at our next meet-up. If you would like to attend our next meet-up, RSVP today!

Thursday, September 2nd @ 7PM
@ Pace University
@ 163 William Street, 2nd Floor
NYC

Some past topics we have covered …

Product Development Cycle: tips, challenges, advice

Google Wave: the strategy behind it, Google, and online collaboration

Product Focus & Organization: tips for keeping your product on track and how to avoid the problems of the ‘heads down’ dilemma

Product Management Career: resources people use, how everyone go to where they are, and much more

Yahoo!: the strategy of ‘all in one place,’ and its larger implications for the Internet and companies like Google and Microsoft

Product Positioning: from the ‘what’ to the ‘when’ and ‘why’

Event Planning Product: brainstorming solutions to the chicken-or-egg problem of a real-world startup product with the founder

Credibility Online: establishing, maintaining, and the importance of

Product Management: just what exactly it means to do ‘product management’

On NOT Missing Important Market Trends: learning from the mis-steps of the newspaper industry

Managing Documentation: what people use, why they use it, and what is recommended

Identifying Your Core: understanding who your users are and distinguishing what they need vs. what they want

Requirements Management: from challenges to software and solutions

Featured Product: Postabon: explored the product, its challenges and successes with guest Product Person, Shaneal Manek, Postabon’s Product Person

Product Management & Politics: explored scenarios and challenges and sharing advice on how to obtain buy-in and overcome

Featured Product: LanguageMate: discussed everything from shaping a product culture to improving the user experience with Ilya Blokh, Product Manager of LanguageMate

Virtual Product Management, Virtual Offices, and Outsourcing: delving into the debate of ‘if’ and ‘what’ of product management can or should come from the outside

Featured Product: HomeField: exploring the product, its challenges and successes, from user acquisition and marketing to user testing and social strategy with the whole team, Reece Pacheco, Dan Spinosa, Joe Yevoli

Product Process: from the benefits and challenges of agile to feature prioritization to bug and idea management techniques

Featured Product: Knewton: discussing a variety of topics from dashboard design to effective team management with the Knewton product team, Sara Petry, Brian Fitzgerald

Creating and Building Relationships with Customers: from the customer strategies of popular products, Mint, Zappos, Twine, and others, to the values of surveying

Featured Product: 4Food: exploring the product, exploring the product, its challenges and successes, from managing the supply chain of a restaurant to crafting engaging user stories with the 4Food team: Rex Sorgatz, Matthew Sheppard

What makes a Product Manager Great: from the lacking characteristics of Microsoft product managers to the KPI’s of accountable visionaries

Featured Product: Market Publique: exploring the product, exploring the product, its challenges and successes, from the importance of selling to establishing and tracking key metrics with the Market Publique team: Jonathan Berger, Pamela Castillo

What makes a Product Great: from happiness and usability to community and context

…and more…

Come and join the conversation.  Visit our group webpage at…

http://meetup.com/TheProductGroup

Enjoy & See You Soon!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy